The storm shut roads, halted trains and cut power to areas in France, Italy and Switzerland. Although snow in April is not rare in the Alps mountain range, the amount that fell in just hours was ...

A British man has died after he was buried by an avalanche at a ski resort in the French Alps, local officials have said. The man, 27, was near the roadside at the Val Thorens resort when he was ...

A British man has died after an avalanche at a ski resort in the French Alps, local officials say. The 27-year-old man died after being buried in snow at a ski resort and carried about 15m (49ft ...

A rare and powerful spring snowstorm dumped over a metre of snow across the Alps on Thursday, causing major disruption in France, Italy, and Switzerland. One person died, resorts shut down ...

A British man has died after he was buried by an avalanche at a ski resort in the French Alps, local officials have said. The man, 27, was near the roadside at the Val Thorens resort when he was swept ...

A 27-year-old British man has died after being buried in an avalanche at a ski resort in the French Alps, local government officials have said. The avalanche occurred at Val Thorens ski resort, in the ...